CHARLOTTE, N.C (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A Charlotte man was sentenced to prison Thursday for an extensive cyber extortion scheme against an international technology company.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that 27-year-old Cameron Curry was ordered to serve 24 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release. In March, a federal jury convicted Curry of six counts of transmitting or willfully causing interstate communications with the intent to extort a victim company, which was based out of Washington, D.C.
According to court documents and testimony, Curry was contracted to work as a data analyst for approximately six months with the company. In that capacity, he had access to its data files and other personnel and corporate information…